Urban planning

It is time that we put children at the center of urban planning. That is the opinion of Kirti Zala, Project Head of aProCh a community based initiative in the city of Ahmedabad. In this article, Kirti...Read more

Municipality officials in Detroit planning the city’s future taking the view that stuffy meetings held ‘for the sake of meetings’ can be pointless – so why not enlist children’s help in the planning process?
In a...Read more

How can we ensure child-friendly planning is a reality? It’s a question which gave real food for thought as the first parallel session in the Feestsaal hall at Child in the City World Conference 2018.
A...Read more

Architecture’s lack of diversity shows in urban environments which have little input from people with ‘lived experience’ – such as mothers who know exactly what will benefit children and young people.
That’s the view of Christine...Read more

The Brazilian city of Boa Vista is the latest urban centre to embrace the Urban95 initiative, which asks planners and architects to experience cities through a child’s eyes.
Created by the Bernard van Leer Foundation, Urban95’s...Read more

It is with great pleasure that we will welcome Ankita Chachra as our third keynote speaker to this month’s Child and the City World Conference 2018. An acclaimed urban designer, few are better placed than...Read more

How does a child ‘see and experience’ a city? Solve this and you unlock the secret to what really constitutes a child-friendly environment that works for everyone. It’s a question which urban planner Aminah Ricks...Read more

The 10 shortlisted school designs in the running for the 2018 World Architecture Festival (WAF) award provide a true feast for the eye.
Australia leads the way with three entries, while schools in Iran, Singapore, Morocco,...Read more

Creators of unusual play initiatives in cities in Michigan and New York states are hoping to benefit from a series of grants worth $1 million US dollars.
The funding is being provided through the Play Everywhere...Read more

Australian cities are changing. Instead of families living in low-density suburban areas, more parents are raising children in high-rise housing in inner-city areas. Despite this, much of the high-rise housing stock in Australia has been...Read more

Irene Quintáns is a force to be reckoned with. She is on a crusade helping cities across Latin America implement child-friendly policies. Aside from her passion, a key part of her success is her ability to...Read more

Cities which put children and families at the heart of their policy-making could have their reputation enhanced through the new WellBeing City Award.
Launched by the Canada-based NewCities Foundation, the award aims to create a global...Read more

The transformation of a historic Mexico City fountain into a children’s playground has shown what can be done with underused urban spaces.
The makeover – albeit a temporary one – was the winning entry in the...Read more

City governments can play a crucial role in reducing national emissions, even amounting to 15 percent of the reductions needed to avoid the most serious levels of climate change.
More and more, cities are acting independently...Read more

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Parents will need much more support if a new law banning the smacking of children in Wales is successfully introduced.
That’s the view of a group of Welsh Assembly members (AMs), who also say that a...Read more

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